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Volume CXXXII, Number 21 |
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Bowdoin slams Colby tennis
MIKE BALULESCU
STAFF WRITER
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| Pat Soong '04 is about to follow through on a forehand return. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient) |
While Lexus may be known worldwide for its relentless pursuit of perfection, the Colby tennis team can now attest that the Bowdoin men not only pursue perfection, but they also serve, slam, and deliver it with ease. On Wednesday afternoon, the Polar Bears won every set in a perfect 7-0 sweep of Colby College. With the shutout, Bowdoin advanced to 6-4 on the season.
Wednesday's dominance came after a bag of mixed results from last week. Bowdoin won last Friday's match against Tufts University 5-2 thanks to strong performances from the senior trifecta of August Felker, Colin Joyner, and Nick MacLean. However, Saturday's match against rival Middlebury College proved to be much more difficult, and the Polar Bears fell one point short of victory, losing to the visiting Panthers 4-3.
"The match [against Middlebury] slipped through our fingers," said coach Jane Paterson, after Saturday's defeat. "We had it in the bag, but we didn't close out. We showed a lot of character, and I know that we can compete with anyone out there. But there's nothing like a close loss to let you stew and figure things out."
Whatever went on in practice this week worked wonders, as Bowdoin bounced back from the stinging Middlebury loss and won every single set Wednesday afternoon. Aside from the usual dominance of Felker, Joyner, and MacLean, sophomore Mac Burke won both his sets 6-0, 6-0. Sophomore Barrett Lawson also contributed to the sweep, taking out White Mule Jon Fallon 6-1, 6-4.
Joyner was in good spirits after Wednesday's stunning victory. "Colby is a pretty weak opponent, so we knew going into the match that we had the upper hand," he said. "But for the seniors, [Wednesday] was our last match at home, so we played with a certain sense of nostalgia, and it meant a lot to us to win in such a handy fashion."
The Polar Bears now take to the road, and will travel to suburban Boston tomorrow to take on Babson College (6-8). After that, the Bowdoin men come back to Maine to take on NESCAC foe Bates College (4-3) next Tuesday in Lewiston.
GO U BEARS!
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